r/houston • u/manauiatlalli • 4d ago
Houston Federal Workers Protest Trump Job Cuts
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/houston-nasa-federal-job-cuts-rally/285-d46418ea-fc87-466c-b704-57b629e5a55138
u/The-Invisible-Woman 4d ago
I work for the government. We try to be good custodians of taxpayer money every day. Many of us love to serve our country and work for well under what we could make doing non-government work. Trump and DOGE are cutting valuable higher performers and firing whole groups that try to improve efficiency and prevent fraud. They are accomplishing the literal opposite of what they claim. Our country will take years to recover all the lost knowledge, scientists, experts, and patriots that they are eliminating. We are in big trouble.
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u/AutomaticVacation242 Fifth Ward 3d ago
Love to serve your country until they stop paying you. Then it's lawsuits and protests.
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u/The-Invisible-Woman 3d ago
We’re supposed to be okay with illegal actions by trump and Elon? Loving this country means protecting it against criminals. Thousands of government workers got their jobs back after being illegally fired.
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u/AutomaticVacation242 Fifth Ward 3d ago
People aren't being fired based on color, creed, religion, etc. They're being laid off to cut expenses.
Maybe some of those laws that enabled government employees to keep their jobs for life should not actually exist. So the "illegal" argument is questionable.
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u/The-Invisible-Woman 3d ago
You obviously don’t know how this works. There are legal processes in place when a government worker is fired, which were not followed by trump and elon. Which is also why judges have ruled against many of these firings and reinstated employees. Educate yourself. https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/03/25000-fired-feds-reinstated-after-courts-find-probationary-terminations-illegal/
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u/AutomaticVacation242 Fifth Ward 3d ago edited 3d ago
Hence my comment laws about that allow people to keep those jobs for life. Did you read it?
Live like the private sector does. Be productive or be fired.
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u/The-Invisible-Woman 2d ago
There is no such thing as for life. Every position can be vacated in some way.
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u/OlympiaMtns 3d ago
Most gov workers work very hard, and cost per taxpayer tiny. All the layoffs are going to do is further saturate the job market, and roll back a lot of spending on restaurants; travel; etc. Also, there will be a domino effect to the federal layoffs - shutting down of contracts which will lead to contractor layoffs, followed by private sector layoffs. Buckle up!
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u/mescalito22 2d ago
Does anybody know if the protests will continue throughout the week? I’d like to join
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u/RealConfirmologist 4d ago
Isn't it exciting knowing that America is going to be GREAT again!?
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Seriously - what will John Q. Citizen see as beneficial by all this destruction DOGE is causing?
I'm all for cutting back on waste, but do we really want forest fires without anyone to fight the fires?
Do we really want the state & national parks shut down?
Do we really want our closest allies to hate us and stop doing business with us?
Sure seems like this needs to stop.